Thai Regional Elites and the Reforms of King Chulalongkorn
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3606465 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Vickery (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 863-881 |
| Publication date | 1970-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2943093 |
| OpenAlex | W1997546584 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 9 |
Beginning in 1892 Prince Damrong as minister of the interior in King Chulalongkorn's reformed government began a reorganization of provincial administration. At that time the country was divided into provinces of four different classes and vassal states. The latter were recognized as quasi-independent under their own hereditary ruling families, and many of the former, although in theory completely subordinate to the capital were in fact ruled by local elite families in which the governorship remained from one generation to the next. Over this structure Prince Damrong established the monthon as a supra-provincial unit headed by an appointed official from the central government bureaucracy, and within a few years was able to replace the old-style hereditary governors with appointed officials changed at frequent intervals. The elite families of the different regions appear to have been affected in different ways. The old rulers of the vassal states kept their nominal positions until death. Many of the governing elite of the southern provinces maintained themselves in the national bureaucracy in positions of comparable rank. The greatest change was in the northeast where the governing elite families lost their old positions and were unable to integrate into the reformed bureaucracy
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,46 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 2022 (51) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |